A new dilemma has shown up. I need advice. Here it is:
Yesterday about 1pm, I get a text message from one of the highschool girls I teach in ballet class that says "would you want to coach Columbia HS dance team?" Ummm...YEAH! So I call her and ask whats going on... apparently the 2 coaches, (who apparently the school, parents and dancers have all very much disliked for 3 years) just up an left at noon. I dont know the exact reason why yet... Im going to ask. So Columbia Dance Team is coachless. So I called the athletic director and he will get back to me on Tuesday when school resumes, so i dont have this job for sure, its just a huge commitment so I have to think if I even want to consider taking it.. (apparently the entire state of Idaho is off for 5 days.) My husband was the one who got the text and called me and said you better jump on this...
Here's what I know: I have been dancing since I was 4, I was on Skyview HS danceteam, I teach at a studio now. 70% of the team at columbia I teach at the studio. I have a blast teaching in general, and dance team coaching has been something I have wanted to do for ages!
Here's what I also have to consider: Practice is in Nampa, 20 miles away from 6-7:15ish in the morning Mon-Fri (unless I schedule otherwise), I have to be back in Downtown Boise at 8am to work until 5, I would most likely be in charge of an athletic budget, I would have to deal with parents, and I would have to coordinate competition schedules/fundraisers/basketball season.
Having said that: I wake up early anyways, and the drive to nampa without traffic takes 20 minutes, the drive back if i take Victory Rd would put be at work a little before 8am, I am already the bookeeper and accountant for my husbands business and my inlaws so I'm not scared of a budget, parents are like difficult clients that come into the office - just gotta deal with them, and the 2 ladies that own my studio I have known since I was 4 and one has taught Vallivue HS Dance team for over 25 years and is a judge for all the competitions, and the other is the rules and regulations coordinator for all the Idaho sector danceteams so I have a good support backing. And my day would be over at 5pm and I would get to go home to hubby as normal. I wouldnt have to choreograph all the dances, I can bring in choreographers... so thats a load off.
My only hang-up: I get sick easy. If I dont eat right and sleep enough, I get sick. If I were to take this, my day would start at 5am and end at 5pm...thats a 12 hour work day, then 5 more hours awake at home with hubby. And if I got sick, there would really be no "sick days". Zac already said he is supporting me completely in this if I want to do it, he wants me to do it. He said he'd clean and cook and help me out with dance team stuff if needed. He would also help me stay on track of a high-protien, high-energy diet that incuded supplements to keep me healthy since I would be on the go for 12 hours straight. So far that is my only hang up.
I would get paid, Im not sure how much just yet, as I said, I have to wait until Tuesday to find out all the details, but it would be like having a second income again, which would put me at ease. Zac would get a job, but his school hours at the University are so sporadic and long that no one will take him. Which is more than fine with me, he is going to school so he can one day support me and our kids, not just sitting on his butt while I work forever. And he works hard at school too. Im so proud.
So anyways... thats my dilemma. I talked to the lady at my studio who coaches Vallievue, she said its alot of work and its fun. My mom, who was a dance team mom thinks I'm nuts because she hated it when I and my sis were on the team, because she was the only pro-active parent...
I really really want to do this. It would be so much fun! I am young and no kids, and have the support of my husband and quite a few others in the dance world... I still have to find out why they 2 coaches quit, although I grew up with them on Skyview Dance team and have my own reasons why still no one likes to work with them. I dont know. Oh! And it would only be until April/May.
So there is the pickle. I actually feel better about the whole thing now that I typed it out. What do you think?
